will of god / can not know what doctrine is of god and what not
Ihon .vij. I fynde in the scripture Hieremie .xxxj. and hebre.
viij. that all the childern of god / which only are the true members
of his church haue euery one of them the lawe of god
written in their hertes: so that if theyr were no law to
compell / they wolde yet naturally out of their awne hertes
kepe the lawe of god: ye and agenst uiolence compellynge to the
contrary. And I se that they whych
wilbe the church (and to proue it haue not so great
trust in the scripture as in their sophistrie and in the swerd
which they haue sett vpp in all landes to kepe them with
violence in the rowme) are so ferre off from hauinge the lawes
of god written in their hertes / that they
nether by gods lawe ner mans refrayne from their open outwarde
weked lyuinge. Loke in the chronicles what bloud yt hath
cost englond to attempte to brynge them vnder the law. Ye and se
what
busynes the realme hath had / to kepe the prelates
wythyn the realme from takinge the benefyces with them and
lyenge at Rome /
and yet scacely brought yt to passe / for all that
the pope hath the stinte of euery bysshoperyke and of euery
greate abbey therto as offt as any is voyde / yer a newe be
admitted to the rowme. And I se them bonde vn to their awne wyll
and both to doo and too consent
vn to other to doo all that God hath forboden. I se
them of all people
moost uaynegloryous. I se them walke after their
fleshly birth. I se
them so ferre off from the image of chryste / that
not only they wyll not dye for their flocke after hys ensample
/ but also / yer they wold
lose one towne / or vylage / any pollynge or
pryuilege whych they haue falsly gotten / bryngyn
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